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Daphne was a virginal nymph, the daughter of a greek river god In her most famous myth, she was desired by the olympian god apollo and was only able to escape his advances by. The chaste daphne was a devotee of the virgin goddess artemis Keroen van luin, flickr cc by 2.0 like water nymphs, land nymphs could be classified either generally or. Hippolyta was an amazon queen and the owner of a famous mythical girdle She fought heracles when the hero was sent to her kingdom to steal the girdle for his ninth labor. Daphnis, often said to have been a son of hermes, was a handsome herdsman who lived in sicily When he was blinded by a jealous nymph for his infidelity, he invented pastoral. Apollo was one of the twelve olympians and the greek god of prophecy, healing, art, and culture He embodied the greek ideal of masculine beauty. Thanatos, son of nyx and twin brother of hypnos, was the divine personification of death Hated by gods and mortals alike, thanatos could be outwitted or overpowered at times,. Dryads and hamadryads were the most famous tree nymphs of ancient greek mythology Hamadryads in particular were closely connected with the trees in which they lived,. Daphne her name, and peneus was her sire Swell’d with the pride, that new success attends, he sees the stripling, while his bow he bends, and thus insults him Thou lascivious boy, are arms. Ladon was a formidable serpent or dragon, tasked with guarding the golden apples hidden in the garden of the hesperides When heracles came to steal the apples for his eleventh. Calypso, daughter of the titan atlas, was a greek nymph and goddess She lived on the island of ogygia, where the hero odysseus was shipwrecked on his way back from the trojan.